This
page lists pertinent information regarding our NMR spectrometers
including location, capabilities, and instrument status. The Facility
currently has 12 Varian/Agilent instruments located throughout the
Chemistry Building and a 900
MHz Bruker Instrument at the Engineering
Research Complex. All instruments are available for use by the faculty,
post-doctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students.
Spectrometer
time is reserved online for most instruments and is available in
several formats (e.g. long or short blocks). Prior to first time
use, new users must obtain training in order to obtain a NMR account.
Please contact the NMR staff to schedule
training. Scroll down to view all the instruments or use the quick
link below to jump to a specific instrument.

The
spectrometers are available for use to members of the Michigan State
University Community and, upon request, to all users.

Users
are charged for the time that they are logged-in to the spectrometer. There
is no charge for remote access.

Users
are generally not charged for time that is reserved; however, users that
misuse the reservation system by booking and not using significant blocks
of time will be charged for all the reserved time.

The MSU rates are as follows (please contact the Facility for outside rates):

Effective May 1, 2013, the rates for NMR usage of instruments within
the Chemistry building will increase to $8/hr (Weekdays: 8am-6pm) and
$4 (Weekends, evening, and holidays). The current rates of $6/hr and
$3/hr (Weekdays and other times, respectively) have been in place for
over 15 years and are not sufficient to keep pace with the rising costs
of running/maintaining such a large instrument facility. The additional
funds will help us continue to provide a top-notch NMR facility to
all members of the MSU community.

Non-MSU academic rates will be increasing
to $20/hr from $15/hr. Our sample service fee of $20 per sample for
liquid-state work
will not
increase. The sample fee for solid-state work, however, will increase
to $40/hr to cover the additional prep and setup time associated
with solid-state work. Non-MSU industrial rates will remain
at $50/hr plus
applicable sample fee.

900 MHz NMR Spectrometer:
The promotional rate for the 900 MHz NMR spectrometer will be ending on May 1
as well. A new tiered fee schedule will be used for MSU users: $15/hr for
the first 12 hours, then $10/hr up to 24 hours, and $7.50/hr over 24 hours.
A 1-hour minimum charge will be enforced.
Non-MSU academic users will be charged $15/hr for the first 12 hours, then $10/hr
for all usage more than 12 hours. A 1-hour minimum charge will be enforced. In
addition to hourly rates, a $30 per sample handling fee will be charged for staff
run experiments. The fee is not charged to MSU academics.
Industrial users will be charged $200/hr.